CV Bryan Panks
Secondary School Education:
Broadway Grammar School.
Barnsley South Yorkshire
O Level Art, O Level Geography, O Level History
Further Education:
Barnsley School of Art, Yorkshire England G.E.A.D.
(General Education through Art & Design) (Graphic Design) (distinction)
A Level Art
A Level Printmaking/History of Art
Barnsley School of Art.
Art Foundation Degree. (Fine Art/Graphics)
Higher Education:
Gloucestershire University (Cheltenham) Formally GLOSCAT
Fine Art Printmaking BA (hons) degree.
University of Gloucestershire
PGCHE (Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education).
Work
1984 to 1987
Graphic Designer "Petersen Design and Repro" Cheltenham
(Video, television, book and magazine art.)
Traditional layout of text and images for magazines and promotional posters. Television credits, graphics and general repro work.
1987 to 1995
Own Business "Design Corps" Fine Art Fabric Silkscreen Printing and illustration.
Work included fashion garment printing for retail, wholesale and export. Design Corps acquired shops in Cheltenham, Bath and Scarborough before concentrating on the Japanese export market Japan
Work in Japan included:
Poster/ticket and flyer designer for Jiku - Kobe (The Japan Teddy Bear Fan Club - Festival events in Osaka & Tokyo).
A series of magazine comic strips, books and merchandise - Japan Teddy Bear Times.
Fine Art fashion T-shirts for Anglobal Ltd - Tokyo)
Fine Art fashion T-shirts for Mitsukoshi - Tokyo
Fine Art T-Shirts for SOGO Yokohama - Tokyo
Bespoke T-Shirt designs The Theme Park "Huis Ten Bosh" (Nagasaki)
1995 (on going)
Own Company "Max Bear Productions Ltd"
Animator/producer/editor/designer
Creators of “Max Bear, “Tom’s Diner” “Fred & Flo’s Food Show” plus other projects in development.
“Max Bear” stars in his own animated television series – broadcast on Channel 4 UK from 1998 – 2005 “Max Bear” is now actively promoted for worldwide sale with series 2 in development.
2004
Consultant, module design and descriptors for “Illustration with Animation” degree course Gloucestershire University.
ECDL Part 1 and 2 (Microsoft Office IT training course) Stroud College
Trainer in digital media and animation covering Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects and Macromedia Flash MX for animation and film. Cirencester College
2005
Commissioned by University of Gloucestershire to create and deliver a training course for a senior fine art lecturer to allow him to develop his work into the field of fine art animation.
Designed/Presented After Effects in Animation Workshop 2 day course University of Gloucestershire - Interactive Media BA(hons) degree
2005/2006 Design/Present “Digital Animation Module – DE202 7 week course covering all aspects of 2D digital animation from planning/development to final film. Interactive Media BA(hons) degree year 2
2006 NVQ Digital Media/Animation & IT A1 Assessor Qualification Cirencester College. Continue to develop own animated projects and keep up-to-date with new animation technology.
2006/07 Design/Present DE202 “Digital Animation” DE322 “Motion Graphics” 3D University of Gloucestershire - Interactive Media BA(hons) degree year 2&3
2007 Appointed .5 FTE Senior Lecturer in Animation University of Gloucestershire. Covering modules for years 1 to 3 BA (hons) ans MA
2007 (ongoing) Design and Present Animation Workshops at the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany France.
2007 Pre production for brand new Max Bear Christmas Special to be broadcast on Channel 4 (2008)
2007 10 day Animation Course, design and delivery, for GLOSCAT/GMG presented at the Cheltenham Film Studios.
2008 (May) Successfully completed PGCHE (Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Eductaion) at the University of Gloucestershire.
2008 (August) Became acting course leader "Animation & Interactive Media" - University of Gloucestershire
2008 (November) Designed and delivered 6 day animation workshop at the Pont Aven School of Contemorary Art Brttany France
2008 (November) Delivered 24 minute animated Christmas show (Broadcast 25th Dec 8:25 AM on Channel 4)
2009 Acting role changed to Course Leader Animation Interactive Media BA Course University of Gloucestershire.
2010 Pre production of Live Action Children’s Television series “Tom’s Diner starring Tom Baker”
Currently developing a second series of Max Bear for Channel 4